Using stories from science’s past to understand our world
Why are these stylish women posing with scientific instruments? Instrument makers in the 1960s used “lovely ladies” to sell their wares, an advertising ploy that’s still around today.
Join Distillations podcast host Alexis Pedrick as Science History Institute staff members share their favorite objects from our museum, archival, and library collections.
Thomas R. Tritton reviews Sam Kean’s The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements.
According to Newton’s third law, “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
On today’s episode we turn our scientific lens to the relationship between humans and their furry friends.
Historian of science and media Ingrid Ockert discusses the exact moment Carl Sagan began wearing turtlenecks, how NOVA changed television, and the key to any successful show: respect the audience.
As officials spread disinformation, a deadly epidemic edged its way into the United States.
India’s vultures have been driven to the brink of extinction in a matter of decades. Their loss threatens the well-being of the country’s human population.
